Security forces hold their own, Pentagon says

2:22 AM,
Nov. 10, 2013

Afghan National Police prepare to join a long-term patrol with German soldiers in 2011 outside Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Written by

Jim Michaels
| USA Today

Afghanistan's young security forces are successfully battling the Taliban, forcing the insurgency into remote areas, according to the latest Pentagon report on the Afghanistan war.

But Taliban militants remain capable of launching attacks from remote redoubts into cities and towns, says the report.

"Afghan security forces are now successfully providing security for their own people, fighting their own battles, and holding the gains made by the International Security Assistance Force in the last decade," the report said, referring to coalition forces. "This is a fundamental shift ...